Indian Country Child Trauma Center ICCTC

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Indian Country Child Trauma Center (ICCTC)
Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD Center on Child Abuse
and Neglect University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center
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National Child Traumatic Stress
Networkhttp//www.nctsn.orgUniversity of
Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterIndian Country
Child Trauma Center (Category II Development
Center) dee-bigfoot_at_ouhsc.eduhttp//www.icctc.or
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Indian Country Child Trauma Center

• Adapt evidence based treatments for American
  Indian/Alaskan Native children who have
  experienced traumatic events
• Parent Child Interaction Therapy
• Treatment of Children with Sexual Behavior
  Problems
• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment

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What is Indian Country?
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Common Theoretical Conceptsof PCIT and Native
Teachings

• Combines external and
• internal determinants of
• behavior

• Teaching to understand
• place in the world

Moves child from external control to voluntary
self control
Teaching of self-discipline
Child learns techniques to mediate their own
behavior
Teaching of way to cope
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Adaptation of PCIT for Indian Country

• Identification of Core Concepts of PCIT
• Identification of Minimum Skills of Trainees
• Recognition of Cultural Competency Application
• Identification of Native Traditional Teachings
  and Concepts

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Adaptation of PCIT for Indian Country

• Explore use of words, language, timing,
  interpretations, and belief system to use as a
  foundation
• Willingness to receive feedback from Native
  Therapists and Families
• Live Remote Internet Coaching

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Native Concepts of Parenting

• Honoring Children
• Indirect Discipline
• Modeling
• Storytelling
• Extended Family

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Native Concepts of Learning

• Watch
• Listen
• Told what to do
• Ask questions
• Practice
• Teach

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Behavior
Improve Organization and attention
Circle
Social Learning
Giveaway
Storytelling
Ceremony
Honor
Guided Play
Improve Social Skills
Parent Child
Improve Consistent use of PCIT Parenting Skills
Everyone is a relative
Modeling
Coaching
Naming
Ritual
Modeling
Shunning/Ignoring
Direct observation measures
Enhance relationship between child and parent
PRIDE skills
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Parent-Child Interaction TherapyisHonoring the
ChildA traditional Native concept of how we
value children and relationships they have with
adults.